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The Moon on Saturday, March 28, 1970: Waning Gibbous, 71% lit

Waning · 71.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 12°

Moon age

20.8days

Moon phase on March 28, 1970Waning Gibbous

Saturday 28 March 1970378,905 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 28, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 71.2% of its visible face lit, 20.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

71.2%Illumination at noon UTC
20.8 dMoon age
378,905 km235,440 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (12°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 28, 1970 is on Monday, March 23, 1970 at 01:53 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 6, 1970 at 04:09 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, March 23, 197001:53
Last Quarter (after)Monday, March 30, 197011:05

The Moon around March 28

More about this date

Saturday, March 28, 1970 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 7, 1970 to the new moon of April 6, 1970, a cycle of 29.44 days.